Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) Order 2007 ·

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Art. 4 · in force: yes

Captured statutory text (L5)

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(1)To the extent provided for by paragraphs (2) and (3) an employer is excused from paying a penalty under section 15 of the 2006 Act if—
(a)the employee ... produces to the employer any of the documents or combination of documents described in part 1 of list B in the Schedule to this Order; and
(b)the employer complies with the requirements set out in article 6 of this Order.
(2)Subject to article 5 an employer will be excused under this article from paying a penalty under section 15 of the 2006 Act for the period for which a document produced under paragraph (1)(a) provides that the employment is permitted.
(3)If, on the date on which the period specified in paragraph (2) expires, the employer is reasonably satisfied that the employee has an outstanding application to vary his leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom or the employee has an appeal or administrative review pending against a decision on that application, the employer will be excused from paying that penalty for a further period beginning with the date on which the period specified in paragraph (2) expires and ending—
(a)after 28 days, or
(b)if earlier, on the date on which the Secretary of State gives the employer written notice that the employee does not have the right to undertake the employment in question.
Full captured verbatim text
(1) To the extent provided for by paragraphs (2) and (3) an employer is excused from paying a penalty under section 15 of the 2006 Act if—

(a) the employee ... produces to the employer any of the documents or combination of documents described in part 1 of list B in the Schedule to this Order; and

(b) the employer complies with the requirements set out in article 6 of this Order.

(2) Subject to article 5 an employer will be excused under this article from paying a penalty under section 15 of the 2006 Act for the period for which a document produced under paragraph (1)(a) provides that the employment is permitted.

(3) If, on the date on which the period specified in paragraph (2) expires, the employer is reasonably satisfied that the employee has an outstanding application to vary his leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom or the employee has an appeal or administrative review pending against a decision on that application, the employer will be excused from paying that penalty for a further period beginning with the date on which the period specified in paragraph (2) expires and ending—

(a) after 28 days, or

(b) if earlier, on the date on which the Secretary of State gives the employer written notice that the employee does not have the right to undertake the employment in question.

What this provision means

Model summary, checked against the text on the left.

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Employers secure a time-limited excuse under section 15 by verifying List B Part 1 documents.

Only the one-line summary above is stored for this provision; the text itself is the evidence.

Refers to

other law external_cite · s. 15

cross-reference internal_cite · Art. 5

cross-reference internal_cite · Art. 6

Referred to by

cross-reference internal_cite · Art. 2

cross-reference internal_cite · Art. 5

cross-reference internal_cite · Art. 6

cross-reference internal_cite · Art. 7

Part summaries

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Change history as published

Sch. List A paras. 2-4 omitted (1.7.2021) by virtue of The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) and Licensing Act 2003 (Personal and Premises Licences) (Forms) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/689), arts. 1(1), 4(5)(a) · repeated 3×

Sch. List A para. 5 omitted (6.4.2022) by virtue of The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) and Licensing Act 2003 (Personal and Premises Licences) (Forms), etc., Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/242), regs. 1(1)(b), 3(5)(a)(v)

Sch. List A para. 13 omitted (16.5.2014) by virtue of The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Codes of Practice and Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1183), arts. 1(1), 8(g)

Pending effects amendments not yet applied to this text

art. 2 word omitted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(2)(a)(i) · Effective date unknown · Art. 2

art. 2 words inserted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(2)(a)(ii) · Effective date unknown · Art. 2

art. 2 words substituted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(2)(b) · Effective date unknown · Art. 2

art. 2 words omitted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(2)(d) · Effective date unknown · Art. 2

art. 3(1) words substituted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(3) · Effective date unknown · Art. 3

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art. 3A(1)(a) words substituted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(4)(a)(i)(aa) · Effective date unknown · Art. 3A

art. 3A(1)(a) word substituted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(4)(a)(i)(bb) · Effective date unknown · Art. 3A

art. 3A(1)(b) words substituted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(4)(a)(ii)(aa) · Effective date unknown · Art. 3A

art. 3A(1)(b) word substituted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(4)(a)(ii)(bb) · Effective date unknown · Art. 3A

art. 3A(1)(c) and word omitted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(4)(a)(iii) · Effective date unknown · Art. 3A

art. 3A(1)(e)(f) inserted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(4)(a)(iv) · Effective date unknown · Art. 3A

art. 3A(2) words substituted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(4)(b) · Effective date unknown · Art. 3A

art. 3A(3) inserted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(4)(c) · Effective date unknown · Art. 3A

art. 4(1) words inserted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(5) · Effective date unknown · Art. 4

art. 4A(1) words inserted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(6) · Effective date unknown · Art. 4A

art. 4B(1) words inserted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(7)(a)(i) · Effective date unknown · Art. 4B

art. 4B(1) word omitted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(7)(a)(ii) · Effective date unknown · Art. 4B

art. 4B(1)(f) and word inserted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(7)(a)(iii) · Effective date unknown · Art. 4B

art. 4B(1A) inserted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(7)(b) · Effective date unknown · Art. 4B

art. 5B inserted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(8) · Effective date unknown

art. 6(1) word inserted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(9)(a)(i) · Effective date unknown · Art. 6

art. 6(1) full stop substiuted for word by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(9)(a)(ii) · Effective date unknown · Art. 6

art. 6(1A) inserted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(9)(b) · Effective date unknown · Art. 6

art. 6A(1) omitted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(10)(a) · Effective date unknown · Art. 6A

art. 6A(2)(b) word substituted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(10)(b) · Effective date unknown · Art. 6A

art. 11 substituted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(11) · Effective date unknown · Art. 11

art. 12 substituted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(12) · Effective date unknown · Art. 12

Sch. para. 1 words omitted by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 reg. 2(13) · Effective date unknown

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